Example sentences of "[prep] they before they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tundrish caught up with the two of them before they descended whether filled with an access of comradeliness , or leery of why they should seemingly wish to seclude themselves together , who could say ? |
| 2 | But they talked very quietly , and they looked behind them before they spoke . |
| 3 | The Sports Council should have dealt with them before they left for Barcelona . |
| 4 | The best remedy to all such difficulties is not to harbour grievances silently but to raise the problems as they arise and to deal with them before they get out of control . |
| 5 | He directed them to the Fish , took over the chaise from them before they entered the village , drove it across the meadow to the edge of Burtness Wood , calling , on his way , to the potboy to bring some oats . |
| 6 | Now let's get back to them before they send a search party out looking for us . ’ |
| 7 | It was reflected in the expressions used by some members of the RUC ( ‘ OK , let's hit the streets and do it to them before they do it to us ’ , ‘ This is where the law stops and I take over , sucker ’ , the reference to probationary police as ‘ rookies ’ and to bullets as ‘ slugs ’ ) , their dress ( mirror sunglasses , blue jeans , and white T-shirt , sometimes with the Miami-Vice parallel reinforced by the words being printed on the T-shirt ) , and other ephemera ( the engraving of ‘ San Quentin' on the keys to the cells , jumping through the enquiry room window rather than using the door ) . |
| 8 | He laughed under his breath and looked at her with reluctant appreciation , but Alyssia did n't notice because she was staring out of the window at the passing scenery , keeping her fingers tightly crossed that the car would n't stop wheezing and die completely on them before they reached Nice . |